Many of you may remember that the test results for a descendant of William
Henry Cooley (m Sophia Havens) was close to ours but off by three repeats
at DYS439. I had theorized that the difference *could* have been a
statistical anomaly. It looks likely so. A second person of the line--a
descendant of William and Sophia's son Luther Edward Cooley
(1837-1901)--has tested. He's an exact match to John's descendants to 12
markers. It will be about a week before the rest of the markers come in.
William could still be of a collateral line. Remember, however, that he
was young enough to have been John's grandson and that an 1883 biography
states he was "a native of North Carolina." Certainly, the census records
make it clear he was born in Pennsylvania.
This page describes the descent of both testers:
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/ernest-desc.html
-Michael
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Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
Received on Fri Sep 27 2013 - 23:30:21 MDT